Garment hanger



March 25, 19242 1,487,80

E. SAUKKONEN GARMENT HANGER Filed. Oct. ll 1920 INVESTOR Patented Mar.25, 1924.

. UNITED sra TES ` 'eAItMENT Ennemi,

Application led October' 11, 1920." Serial No. 416,042.-

Be it known that l, EiNoSA'UKKoNEN, citizen of Finland, `residing atRosslyn Heights. in the county of Nassau and'State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment Hangers, ofwhich, the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to garment hangers, and has forfan object toprovide an improved garment hanger upon which a suit, dress or the likemay be supported with means wlmrebythe trousers of a'suit may be foldedand supported in a manner to prevent the formation of creases and toensure the retent of the garment in proper relative position upon thesupport.

In addition to the foregoing this invent-ion comprehends improvements inthe details of construction and arrangement of parts to be hereinafterdescribed and particularly set forth in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings in which similar and corresponding partsare designated by the same characters of reference throughout theseveral claims in which they appear,

Figure 1 is a view in perspective of a garment hanger constructed inaccordance with my invention, and

Figure 2 is a view in vertical transverse section.

With reference to the drawings, 10 indicates an arcuate coat hangerhaving a hook shape member 11 provided centrally thereof and formed ofwire with one end of said member extending transversely through the coathanger and projecting below the under side thereof and bent to form aneye l2. The trouser support is indicated at 13 and consists of a roll ofwood, paper or any other suitable material supported upon the inturnedend 14 of two wire strands. The opposite terminals of said wire strandsbeing bent and inserted into the ends of the coat hanger 10. Theintermediate portion of each of the strands 14 is then bent inward toform loops 15 which are directed toward each other. I also pro-vide aretaining means in the form of a rod 16 which is preferably constructedof rubber or other flexi ble and resilient material and is provided ateach end with an opening through which one of the loops 15 extend. Ametallic band or the like 17 is embraced about the intermediate portionof the receiving member and is provided. with a hook shaped memlelism tothe roller '13.

ber 1s. n wur-15e based thatoriauy the retaining member 16, lies incontiguous and close relation 'andpreferably-in para-l-l 4In use, theretaining-memberislseparated from the roller 13 by flexing thevsame inthe middle and engaging the hooklS yuponthe eye v12. v' The trousers arenow-foldedgand laid upon the roller 13 and the' retaining member againlreleased so asto permit. it te spring back into contact with thetrousersand securelyA retain them 1in position; VThe lremaining portions off-theclothing vare-.atm suspended upon the coat hanger l() as shown in dottedlines in Figure 1. It will be observed that owing to the provision ofthe roller 13 the formation of a transverse crease in the trousersisprevented and also the trousers may be readily removed therefrom bymerely drawing them away, rotation ot the roller 13 facilitating thisprocess.

While I have illust-rated and described my invention with some degree ofparticularity I realize that in practice various alterations therein maybe made. I therefore reserve the4 right and privilege of changing theform of the details of construction or otherwise altering thearrangement of the correlated parts without departing from the spirit ofthe invention or the scope of the appended claims.

y Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by United States Letters Patent is l. A garment support includinga coat hanger portion a member supported thereon upon which to restanother garment, and a retaining element in the form of a straight rodof resilient material anchored at its ends to the ends of the coathanger portion and extending in close continguous relation to saidmember, whereby the retaining element may be flexed and stretched awayfrom the member to insert the garment therebetween.

2. A garment support including a coat hanger portion an arm extendingfrom each end of said portion, a roller journalled between the ends ofsaid arms, and a straight rod of resilient material interposed betweenthe coat hanger portion and. roller, said rod being anchored at its endsto said arms and extending in close contiguous relation to the rollerwhereby said rod may be flexed and slightly lengthened by stretching topermit the insertion of a garment between the rod and roller.

f3. A `"garment support "includ-ing a coat .henger portion, kat membersupported therefrom upon which to rest another garment, e straight Todoff resilient lamd .elastic :material -zinohored at its 4ends to 'the'ends of the coat.

hanger portion and `the ends fof kseid memben, and means to secu-re :the(intermediate portion of the vrod -zto the ooatfhanrger 4portion whensaid rod vis .flexed 'away l.from fthe :member and .21engthened' bystretching, iso that a 'garment :may be lrested 'on Itiheimemberand-'saidmeans `disconnectedto permit 'the 'to return tot normal.position "to rretin :the :second :garment on seid member. A- 4. A.garment `support .inoluding ya, vo oat 'hanger portion, a. pair of.arms lexif/e'nding from 'the ends of the coat hanger portion,l :arol-1er supported upon `:and :between fthe ends -of the arms forrotation, a loop formed in each farm, 'and te rod 4'off resient and:elastic materiel having an "opening 'at eeaoh end to receive fone ofthe loops so that :sei rod vmay extend in close parallelrelation to theroller.

5. A garment support inoluing ze coat `h'z'mger portion, a 'hook.secured 'therein 'to suspend the same, an eye on y'said lhook, 1a'roller supported from the coatfhzmger portion, `a straight rod ofelastic and `resilient.

.materiel anchored at its ends vto the -coat 4honger portion, :und .athook secured to lthe intermediate portion of the rod azm .udapteg to:enter the eye "when the irod 'is 'fiexed land .stretched away .fn-)mLthe `lf'oller to permit `a .garment to be inserted between fthe rod zan`y Vsignature

